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Young Islanders aged 14 to 25 are being invited to take advantage of a host of free opportunities within the creative industry that are to be held every single week this year (2023). Brave Island is a new type of...

A chilly -7.1c was recorded overnight as freezing weather gripped the Isle of Wight. The ridiculously cold reading was captured over in Blackwater with thermometers in Newbridge reading a measly -7c, according to local weather forecaster IW Met Service. Numerous...

Ground investigation works are due to start in Wroxall following a landslip that reduced part of the B3327 to a single lane. It was in November last year that a 4-metre section of embankment collapsed onto St John's Road, near...

Various houses, flats and commercial premises on the Island will come up for auction with Clive Emson in February. They are among 142 lots in the 1st of 8 auctions this year by Clive Emson Auctioneers, the regional land and...

International fashion brand H&M is to close its only Isle of Wight store at the beginning of February.  The shop, located on South Street in Newport, will close its doors for the last time on 4th February. As a result...

A 'Sleeping Beauty' submersible canoe (from the International Spy Museum In this edition of Made on the Isle of Wight, Island Echo looks at the work of the famous military canoes of Fred Goatley that were built in East Cowes...

It's been a very cold week across the Isle of Wight, but our readers have still been out and about capturing some fantastic photos! It's great to see some new names on this week's Readers' Gallery. Most gorgeous colours Shanklin...

It has been confirmed that Sandown's only Post Office is set to temporarily close in early March, but with rumours that the branch will re-open soon after following a store refurbishment. It was in October last year that Central shut...

Victoria ‒ Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India ‒ passed away at her home on the Isle of Wight at 18:30 on 22nd January 1901. Her favourite pet Pomeranian, Turi, was laid upon her deathbed as a...

Repairs to a sewer pipe at Appley in Ryde mean that the popular car park will be closed to all motorists next week. Southern Water is undertaking essential repairs to a pipe under the seaside car park, next to the...